ICD-11 code : 21;
Preferred Label : Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified;
ICD-11 definition : !markdown Clinical findings include those found using physical, laboratory and imaging
techniques. Diseases can manifest in many ways and in different body systems. Such
specific manifestations may be a reason for treatment or encounter, with or without
identifying or addressing the underlying condition. Categories in this chapter include
the less well-defined conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of
the case to establish a final diagnosis, could be designated 'not otherwise specified',
'unknown aetiology' or 'transient'. The conditions and signs or symptoms included
in this chapter consist of: - cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made
even after all the facts bearing on the case have been investigated - signs or symptoms
existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes
could not be determined; - provisional diagnoses in a patient who failed to return
for further investigation or care; - cases referred elsewhere for investigation or
treatment before the diagnosis was made; - cases in which a more precise diagnosis
was not available for any other reason; - certain symptoms, for which supplementary
information is provided, that represent important problems in medical care in their
own right. These categories should be used in conjunction with a code from another
chapter that identifies the underlying condition.;
ICD-11 "other" category code : MH2Y;
Origin ID : 1843895818;
Metaterm(s)
!markdown Clinical findings include those found using physical, laboratory and imaging
techniques. Diseases can manifest in many ways and in different body systems. Such
specific manifestations may be a reason for treatment or encounter, with or without
identifying or addressing the underlying condition. Categories in this chapter include
the less well-defined conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of
the case to establish a final diagnosis, could be designated 'not otherwise specified',
'unknown aetiology' or 'transient'. The conditions and signs or symptoms included
in this chapter consist of: - cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made
even after all the facts bearing on the case have been investigated - signs or symptoms
existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes
could not be determined; - provisional diagnoses in a patient who failed to return
for further investigation or care; - cases referred elsewhere for investigation or
treatment before the diagnosis was made; - cases in which a more precise diagnosis
was not available for any other reason; - certain symptoms, for which supplementary
information is provided, that represent important problems in medical care in their
own right. These categories should be used in conjunction with a code from another
chapter that identifies the underlying condition.
